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| Freshman, The |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 09 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Matthew Broderick, Marlon Brando, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Columbia/TriStar Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
79126 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG13 |
| (Retail Price): |
$34.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
102 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
No |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1990 |
| (LD Release Date): |
04/01/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Andrew Bergman |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Andrew Bergman |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
David Newman |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Ken Adam |
| (Visual Effects): |
R/Greenberg Associates, Inc. |
| (Costume Designer): |
Julie Weiss |
| (Editor): |
Barry Malkin |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
Michael Kirchberger |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Mike Lobell |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo A |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
The Freshman is a witty and inspired comedy that stars Marlon Brando in the role of Carmine Sabatini, a powerful New York importer and con man who employs a young film student, Clark Kellogg (Matthew Broderick), in his business. Clark soon finds himself caught up in an ingenious scam involving an endangered Komodo Dragon on the loose in a New Jersey mall. The outrageous situation piques the interest of the FBI who asks Clark to snitch on the colorful employer he has grown to admire.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture has been matted at 1.85:1. The picture has an overall unnatural appearance. Interior scenes, in particular, have been filtered with an amber tint and appear over saturated and dark, with poor shadow detail. There are few artifacts otherwise.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack has an excellent sense of surround envelopment when the music accompanies the scenes. Otherwise it’s basically mono dominant and undistinguished as such.
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| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
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Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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